Tire-protector.



imiii@ WILAM II. GAHAN, Fy VICTDRIA, BR'ITISH COLUMBIA., CANAIMB..

TIRE-PRTECTDR.

Application filari .T 1115-' 9, i915.

- To all Iwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that Yvriiimir H. GAHA'N e subject of the King et Emsland, residing;`

lumbizi, Doiiiinioi'i of Canada, lieve invented,

' certain.' new and iisefui linproveiiieiits in Tire-Protectors; :imi i do hereby declare the l following to he :i full, clear and exact deto provide i protecor oi' this tire, and when. iii plaire thereon le terelly mici long1` of a wheel equipped with the scription of the invention, such :is will eu- :ible others skilled in the ort 'to which it A:ippertoiiis to make :uid use the seme.

The present invention 'is directed to improvements in, tire protectors, und has for its object to so. construct :i rieviee of this character that the seme will ei'eetmilly pro toet the/tire against ,muetures A further object oi' the invention is to provide o, tire protector so constructed that skidding of the tire will be preveirterh A still 'further object oi' 'the invention is nature which may be easily mui iiiiiehly :iiipliecl to the will prevent slipping; of the ti both tudiimiiy of `the iei'iicie.

iVith these und other objects iii view, this invention resides iii the iiovei iiezitures of construction, foriimtioir, coiiihinotioii 'and orrfrngeiiiexit or ports to he hereinafter' more fully descriliml. Claimed ziiirl illustrated in thel accompanying drawing, iii which.

Figure Li is e 'rsgirieiitziry side eievstion device. Fig". 2 is o cle/tail perspective View oit' the pia-tes partially broker-i rifwsy. Fig. 2i is e scctioiiei view on line im-3 of Fig'. l.. Fig. i is en emi vieivet ooe oi the sections when used es o patch.

Referring to drawing l. iiesiggiigites the usuel pneumatic tire, mid 2 the cir'cuhirly arranged chains which aire clisposeiioiroppositesides of the tire, and have their links provirledL with bosses 3, the purpose or which-viii appear later. The vendif of the chains ,2 are connected hy the coiipiing et., which is operable to reguizite the teosioioof the chains?. Disposed trrmsve 'sely of the tire 1 are sections 5 seid sections heaving fixed to each end piste 6, said pictos being provde with hooks 7. Plates 8 are pro- Speccation of Letters Patent.

'Patented Emy 34B., i916 Serial No. 39,0'25'.

vided and are formed with tia-zinsverse slot-s 9 which :ire ziohijjited to be engzigeri the hooks 7. The plates 3' ere :ilse provided with hooks l0 which fire adopted. to engage the chains 2, sii-id hooks having their ende provided with recesses 1i so 'that the bosses 3 of' the links niej; pires therethrough when. engaging; the hoo is 10 with the Chains. It will he noted 'that the ends of 'the hooks 10 fire spaced from the plate S si suiiicieiit iis-- tence to permit the links he eigf.; greci hy the hooks, hilt it wiil he observed that 'the bosses 3 iviil prevent ciiseiim gageriient oi2 the hooks 'i0 zziifl links, owing to the 'fact that after the bosses passed through the 'recesses 1i the links sind hooks will lieve relative Irioifemeiift, whereby the bosses will move to such :i position its to not oline with the recesses. Thus it will he seen that should the tire blow out' during the travel of the vehicle, that the hooks 10 Will not discngege the links or the chain 2, therehy preventing the connected sections sind chains from Winding in the Wheel, thus 1erem venting accidents. Vlfheii it is desired touse one of the sections 5 s. patch for bioiv outs ciips 12 cre provided, said clips having' 'hooks 13 adopted to engage the liiiirs of the chains 2, which ere engaged oy the hooks 10, said clips being tui-ther provided with curved lips 14, which rire adopted to engage the rim or' the Wheel. The cl'niius 2 may he lengthened or shortened 'for use iii. comiention with Wheels of different ciieii'ietrs by the addition or elimination of connecting rings 15.

What is clairneii isc- 1. A tire protector coiriprisirig eircuiarly arranged chains disposeoL ori opposite sides of the Wheel, mea-iis :tor ejusting the ten sion of the chains, sections 'formeel of flexibie material and (iisioosecl transversely of the tire., hooks carried hy the ends of the.

Sections, plates having; slots formeel therein for qdetechably engaging seid hooks7 saiol plates having hooks eerrier 'therebyV sind provided with recesses, the iiiiks oi said chains being provided with bosses which pass through the recesses previous to the engegemerit or' said hooks with the links, said ci' 'the chain 2 to 4.tosses when non-alined with the recesses said chains having'bosses therein for pas- 10 serving to prevent eccientnl disengagement Sage through the recesses for engaging the of the last named hooks and links. hooks,` as andy for the purpose set forth. 2. A tire protetor comprising a plurality A l'n testimony whereof, I afiiX my signa- .5 of sections disposed transversely of the tire ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

and having plates detechebiy connected to l "HARRY GAHAN.- ytheir ends,hooks carried by the plates and Witnessest providedwith recesses and chains disposed A AGES H. ROBERTSON, on eppojste sides of the Wheel, the links vvof. Mrs. J. G. DARBY. 

